Where does “spooky” come from?
Spooky derives from English spook, from Dutch spook, from Middle Dutch spooc, with origins tracing through Latin suffixal elements -ia and -ivus back to Proto-Indo-European -kos.
spooky (English): Eerie, or suggestive of ghosts or the...
Definitions
- Eerie, or suggestive of ghosts or the...
Ancestry of “spooky”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | -y | Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives... |
| 2 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 3 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
Words derived from “spooky”